Mount Penn Preserve
Blue Dot Trail–Sting Like a Bee, 3 sights
3.3 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Blue Dot Trail–Sting Like a Bee, 3 sights is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near College Heights, PA. It climbs 425 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi728 – 1,073 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.36301, -75.88840
Nearest town College Heights, PA
Directions
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Blue Dot Trail–Sting Like a Bee, 3 sights
3.3 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 728–1,074 ft
Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve
Trailhead: 40.36301, -75.88840
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Vietnam, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Blue Dot Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Bridal Path, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Green Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Sting Like a Bee, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
15% dirt85% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM
More from this trailhead
- Sting Like a Bee–TNT Loop, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 255 ft
- Boomsauce–Deer Head Loop, 4 sights 2 mi · ▲ 343 ft
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